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Dec 23, 2024 · President Joe Biden announced Monday that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment mere weeks before President ...

Dec 18, 2024 · Elon Musk, a famous name famously associated with atheism, now calls himself a cultural Christian. He joins other prominent figures – such as scientist Richard Dawkins – who’ve used that ...

Dec 20, 2024 · No president has appointed a greater proportion of women or people of color to the bench. Mr. Biden has also embraced professional diversity in his selections, nominating lawyers with experience ...

Jan 5, 2024 · The homicide rate in the United States last year dropped more in a single year than it ever has in recorded history. By quite a bit, too. There were about 13% fewer homicides in the U.S. in 2023 ...

Dec 11, 2024 · President Joe Biden said he is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoning 39 others. Are preemptive pardons for Trump's foes next?

Jan 28, 2021 · When a president signs an executive order, it can be a quick way to enact federal policy. But it can also be reversed just as quickly by the next president. The lasting impacts of Joe Biden's ...

Apr 16, 2024 · The U.S. government does not publish data on the net number of migrants who enter illegally and remain in the country. The main metric U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) tracks is how many ...

Aug 14, 2024 · Deportation rates have picked up under Joe Biden. Donald Trump calls for the largest mass deportation in U.S. history. Here’s how deportation works and why it’s a complicated process.

Jan 4, 2024 · The question of whether a second Trump term would result in the collapse of U.S. democracy has gripped pundits and political insiders. What’s bluster and what’s believable? History offers context.